Natural hazards

Water Resources

Use of fresh water from the water cycle

• Surface water

– Lakes

– Streams

• Groundwater

– Springs

– Aquifers (extracted by

pumping wells)

Geological Hazards

Volcanoes

Landslides

Earthquakes

Floods

Geology in Engineering

Slope Failure Risk Assessment and Control

To prevent slope failure engineers must understand the geology that forms and controls the slope

Geology in Engineering

Committee member John Burland, an

engineer, promoted soil extraction as the

best way to save the tower.

In Pisa the tilted one is back in business

after an 11-year effort to keep it from

collapsing

Engineers use knowledge of geology to

design, protect and correct structures

Minerals, Rocks and the Rock

Cycle

Prof. Dr. Ziad Abu-Hamatteh

Faculty of Engineering Technology

Al-Balqa Applied University

Civil Engineering Department

The Crust of the Earth is the source for

many minerals that are essential for our

civilization

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